2020 Component Innovation Awardee: Carter Wind Turbines

Program Document · Thu Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2021

OSTI ID:1837998

With support from the Competitiveness Improvement Project's Component Innovation Award, Carter Wind Energy aims to address the need for lower-cost, more-reliable distributed wind energy generation. The company plans to increase efficiency and improve the energy capture of its Carter Model 300 midsize, self-erecting wind turbine. This fact sheet provides an overview of Carter Wind Energy's project, how the company will achieve the goals of the award, and how the project fits within the overall Competitiveness Improvement Project.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind Energy Technologies Office (EE-4W); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Water Power Technologies Office (EE-4W)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1837998
• Report Number(s): NREL/FS-5000-81600; MainId:82373; UUID:6d8fe6d9-7d15-4621-ada6-b2ba62e8211f; MainAdminID:63538
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

WIND ENERGY
CIP
competitiveness improvement project
distributed wind
midsized wind turbines
small wind
wind turbine certification
wind turbine innovation